Garment-hanger



No. 608,766. Patented Aug. 9,1698.

E. H. FODTE.

GARMENT HANGER.

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EDWARD II. FOOTE, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-HANGER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iaetters Patent No. 608,766, dated August9, 1898.

Application filedJanuary 26, 1898. Serial No. 667,952. a.-1.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD II. FOOTE, of Somerville, in the. county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment- I'Iangers, of which'the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its chief object to provide a garment support orhanger adapted to hold an overcoat by the collar portion withoutsubjecting any particular part of the coat to injurious stretchingstrain and in such manner that the coat can be readily applied to andremoved from the hanger.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will 'now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a front view showing my improved hanger connectedwith a wall or other vertical support. Fig. 2 represents an edge View ofthe same, showing the supporting-wall in section. Fig. 3 represents aView similar to Fig. 1, showingacoatsupported bythehanger. Fig. 4represents a view similar to Fig. 2, also showing the coat in positionon the hanger. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4:looking toward the right. Fig. (3 represents a View similar to Fig. 2,showing a modification.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

My improved garment-hanger comprisesa neck a, adapted to be hinged to awall or other verticalsupport, and a yoke b, formed on and projectingbelow the neck. The neck is relatively narrow and is formed to projectthrough the neck-opening of acoatc. The yoke b is of greater width thanthe neck and is formed with shoulders I) b, diverging from the neck,said shoulders presenting supports for the coat-collar and adjacentparts or shoulders of the coat, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, so that thestrain caused by the weight of the coat sustained by the portions thatare in contact with the hanger is distributed and stretching of any partof the coat is prevented. The yoke is formed so that when hanging in itsnatural position its lower portion 1) will be pressed by the weight ofthe coat on the shoulders 1) against the wall or support (1, theporwall.

tions of the yoke between the portions Z2 Z) being curved, so that theportions or shoulders Z2 will stand out from the wall when the portionsb bear against the wall, thus affording room between the main portion ofthe yoke and the wall for the front lapels of the coat. In other words,the coat-clamping por- 'tions 1) are offset from the coat-su. )ortin Dportions 1) to enable the clamping portions to hold portions of the coatagainst the wall and to hold the supporting portions away from the wall.

I prefer to make the hanger from a single piece of stout wire, the neckbeing composed of two members do, which have suitable provisions for ahinged connection with the As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, theseprovisions are cars or trunnions a a bent outwardly from the members a aand formed to engage sockets e e, suitably attached to the wall orsupport (1. In the construction shown in Fig. 6 instead of the trunnionsa the members a of the neck are provided with eyes or loops, a formed toreceive screws 6, which enter the edges of a block 6 attached to thewall d.

To engage the coat with the hanger, the yoke portion is first swungoutwardly from the wall and the coat is placed upon the yoke, the weightof the coat pressing the yoke inwardly toward the wall and causing theportions b thereof to clamp the lapels of the coat against the wall,thus securely holding the coat. \Vhen it is desired to remove the coat,an outward pull thereon will swing the yoke away from the wall andpermit the coat to slip easily'from the yoke.

I prefer to form hat-holding arms or extensions ff on the hanger, thesame projecting above the neck, as shown in the drawings.

In each of the constructions shown there is a fixed hinged member and amovable hinged member. In Figs. 1 and 2 the fixed member comprises thesockets e and the plate which supports them. In Fig. (3 the fixed membercomprises the screws 6 and the block 9 In Figs. 1 and 2 the movablemember comprises the ears a and in Fig. 6 the movable member comprisesthe eyes a I claim- 1. A garment-hanger comprising a neck having a hingemember arranged to cooper ate with a fixed hinge member, and a yokesupported by said neck and adapted to swing therewith, said yoke havingcoat-supporting portions below the said connection, and coatclampingportions below the said supporting portions and offset from the latter.

2. A garment-hanger comprising a neck having means for a swinging orhinged connection with a fixed support or holder, hatholding arms formedon and projecting above the neck, and a coat-engaging yoke formed on andprojecting below the neck and having supporting portions b I) andclamping portion 12 12 I 3. A garment-hanger comprising a hinge memberadapted to be affixed to a wall or support, and a yoke having a neckprovided with a movable hinge member engaged with the first-mentionedhinge member, said yoke comprising coat-supporting portions below themovable hinge member, and coat-clamping portions below the saidsupporting portions.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of twowitnesses.

EDl/VARD H. FOOTE.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON.

